#SPEECH SIMON THE SORCERER MANUAL#

These enhancements are explained by Director Mike Woodruff, 'The style will remain much the same, but the actual graphics will be completely new. Animations also exist in almost all of game scenes.

#SPEECH SIMON THE SORCERER MANUAL#

In fact, the game manual warns the player to check the edges of every screen in order not to miss locations that may otherwise appear hidden. The first major difference is that every location now has scrolling backdrops. Still, there are subtle improvements in this sequel compared to the original. The CD-ROM version includes speech not available in the Floppy Disk version. The game is released in both Floppy Disk and CD-ROM versions. A mouse is mandatory for playing this game. There are 8 action icons that symbolize the most important actions the character may perform in the game. Akin to the first title, the controls conform to the classic LucasArts standard. The game now supports Adlib cards, all of Creative Labs' Sound Blaster cards (including the AWE32), and other cards that are Adlib and Creative Labs compatible. The in-game music still uses the MIDI format, but the list of supported soundcards has been extended. Listening to fan feedbacks, the artists have avoided the monotony that has plagued some scenes in the first game and have made the graphics in this sequel even more diverse and colorful than the original.

The game still features the standard 256 color VGA graphics. There is very little change in its technical production. Simon the Sorcerer II - The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe (also known as Simon the Sorcerer 2) shares many similarities with the original Simon the Sorcerer. The task is now clear for Simon, though he has no idea of the obstacles that stand in his way of getting home. The only one Calypso knows of in existence is in the treasury of the Royal Castle which is, of course, heavily guarded. The catch is that there is only a single substance called Mucusade in this dimension that can generate enough energy to power that spell. Simon's excitement only grows when Calypso tells him the good news that he can send Simon back to the real world. The two 'old friends' are equally happy to see each other. The wardrobe slowly lifts off from the ground and in a split second dematerializes into, what it first appears out of, thin air.įortunately for our hero, Sordid has lost his magical touch during the years when is dead and Simon ends up in Calypso's shop instead of the dungeons of Sordid's Fortress of Doom. Naive as he is, Simon steps into the stretching darkness when the door suddenly shuts firmly behind him. He is surprised find that not only there are no clothes in it but there is no apparent ending to it. Still, he is a bit curious about the contents of the mysterious wardrobe and finally decides to open it. Unsuspecting at first, Simon is just a little angry about other people dumping stuff in his room. What is that vessel, you ask? You guess it! A wardrobe! Realizing now that hardly anything is impossible for him with a master like Sorbid, the boy helps Sordid to send back a magical vessel that brings Simon back to their dimension. The youngster seems only too eager to be Sordid's apprentice.

In return for helping the malicious wizard rid of his greatest enemy, Sordid promises to teach the boy everything he knows about magic. Since a ghost is not much of a threat to the living, Sordid realizes that he desperately needs an ally, and the little boy seems to be the perfect partner. What makes him dangerous is not the fact that he has somehow acquired Sordid's magic book but the fact that he has accidentally resurrected the book's evil master. Unbeknownst to him, in a world far away (and a world that he likes to forget about), a young boy is just trying his first wings in the hidden art of sorcery. His hopes are crudely shattered when he finds a mysterious wardrobe in the middle of his room. He is pretty clear about the fact that in no way, shape, or form does he want to star in a sequel, so he hopes the designers may just leave him alone.

After his last fantastic adventure, Simon is now living his life back in the real world happily as an adolescent. It all starts out as a young boy's dream, but it slowly turns into a teenager's worst nightmare. Well, you know what they say, practice makes perfect! After a rather stupid accident involving himself and a strange wardrobe (without Simon's dog Chippy), Simon finds himself trying to accomplish the exact same task he has been put to the last time-get home from a very bizarre but incredibly funny dimension. His humor is almost the same, but his jokes are more edgy now. Adolescence seems to suit Simon all too well. After a couple of years of silence, Simon the Sorcerer is back with an attitude more sarcastic than ever.

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